Atlanta United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Nashville SC.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Major League Soccer
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Atlanta United form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Atlanta United have to build on here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Major League Soccer. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Atlanta United are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Atlanta enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at DC United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Marcelino Moreno and Josef Martínez scoring. Midfielder Marcelino Moreno was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.83 (out of ten) in that game. Moreno scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total). Brad Guzan loved the game against DC United. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
Before that, Atlanta had a home game versus Toronto which ended with a victory 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atlanta United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost two.
The Atlanta United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Atlanta have conceded only 7 goals.
Nashville SC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nashville SC so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-2 (win-draw-lose).
Nashville's last game was the home draw against Orlando City (1-1). The attacker Hany Mukhtar got a match rating of 8.01 in that game. Mukhtar hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs DC United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nashville SC playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one Nashville win, four draws and three defeats.
The attacking power of Nashville when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Nashville in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended Nashville SC - Atlanta 2-2, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the former five meetings): Atlanta won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Nashville SC managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneTop Goalscorers
  C. Sapong 9 goals |  H. Mukhtar 8 goals |   D. Moreno 7 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Atlanta United | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 32 |
| 26 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 57% | 80% |
| 62% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 70% |
| 48% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 45% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 35% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 57% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 55% |
| 24% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 25% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 15.8 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.9 | 14.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
| 26% | 20% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 29% |
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nashville SC have scored away.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nashville SC have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 49 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | New York City | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | DC United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | New York RB | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 17 |
| 14 | Toronto | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -19 | 15 |